The New York Times covered the case of Ali Faqirzada ’28, an asylum-seeking Bard College student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The only chance of rescuing this individual from injustice is to make it visible,” President Leon Botstein said.

The New York Times covered the case of Ali Faqirzada ’28, an asylum-seeking Bard College student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The only chance of rescuing this individual from injustice is to make it visible,” President Leon Botstein said.

Innovation and Legacy, a landmark concert by the Bard Conservatory of Music held at Lincoln Center, was highlighted in multiple publications. Xinhua called the concert, conducted by Bard President Leon Botstein and Conservatory Dean Tan Dun, “more than a performance— a profound musical dialogue."

Bard High School Early College’s four New York City schools were covered in an @wsj.com article about how high schools are ensuring students applying do not use artificial intelligence to cheat. www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ne...

Bard College Artist in Residence Jeffrey Gibson was featured in the @financialtimes.com ahead of his exhibition coinciding with Art Basel Paris. Gibson reflects on the trajectory of his artistic career before becoming the first Indigenous artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale in 2024.

Innovation and Legacy, a landmark concert by the Bard Conservatory of Music held at Lincoln Center, was highlighted in multiple publications. Xinhua called the concert, conducted by Bard President Leon Botstein and Conservatory Dean Tan Dun, “more than a performance— a profound musical dialogue."

Bard College Artist in Residence Jeffrey Gibson was featured in the @financialtimes.com ahead of his exhibition coinciding with Art Basel Paris. Gibson reflects on the trajectory of his artistic career before becoming the first Indigenous artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale in 2024.

What does a 19th century novella where Adam fights a dinosaur have to say to a modern audience? Francine Prose reviewed a new translation of Eça de Queirós’s Adam and Eve in Paradise for the @nyreviewofbooks.com, praising its “thoughtful consideration of what it means to be human.”

A Bard student production of "Puntila and Matti, His Hired Man" by Bertolt Brecht, conducted by the Theater & Performance Program, was reviewed in the Millbrook Independent. “This excellent and robust student production evokes parallels to our contemporary situation in the US,” writes McEneaney.

Big news 🎉 The @bardcollege.bsky.social MBA in Sustainability is the #1 MBA for impact in the world, according to Corporate Knights’ 2025 #BetterWorldMBA ranking. 🔗 leadthechange.bard.edu/blog/bard-mb... 📸: Corporate Knights #BardMBA #LeadTheChange #ImpactMBA #BardGPS #SustainableBusiness

JOY conference recordings are ready! @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @bardcollege.bsky.social youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This summer, TJ Kostecky, the men’s soccer head coach at Bard College, traveled to classrooms, training grounds, and community centers in Ukraine and Senegal, where his goal was to use the power of sport and vision training to foster leadership, resilience, and hope.

This fall, Bard College Berlin admitted eight students who were accepted to prestigious universities before being barred from entering the US due to travel bans. All eight received Davis Scholarships, a program that provides need-based financial aid to graduates of United World Colleges.

Bard Writer in Residence Wyatt Mason wrote about the legacy of writer Guy Davenport, his lifelong correspondent, in the New York Review of Books, discussing the over 100 letters they sent each other.

@rollingstone.com has named the song “Maps” by the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, in which Bard alumnus Nick Zinner ’98 plays guitar and keyboard, as number two in their list of the 250 Greatest Songs of the Century So Far. “What remains in ‘Maps’ is pure feeling,” writes Rolling Stone.

For Interview magazine, writer and director Jordan Tannahill spoke with Bard alumnus Arthur Tress ’62 about his new book of photography, The Ramble. “I call it a sort of ‘poetic documentary,’” Tress said.

We’re thrilled to have this talent at the Center and at @bardcollege.bsky.social ! Read the essay. www.bard.edu/news/writer-...

Due to their autonomy and commitment to academic freedom, US colleges and universities have until recently been the most admired and competitive in the world, writes Leon Botstein, president of @bardcollege.bsky.social. "Trump is in the process of dismantling American's competitive edge."

Author Eliza Barry Callahan has received the Bard Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Hearing Test. Callahan’s residency at Bard College is for the fall 2026 semester, during which time she will continue her writing and meet informally with students. “To be read with care is a gift,” she said.

President Leon Botstein’s essay, “Autocracy and the university in America today,” is free to read for one week. "In the immediate term, the greatest danger facing the American university... is the loss of independence perpetrated by a profoundly anti-intellectual government,” he writes.

Kelly Reichardt was profiled in several magazines for the release of her newest film The Mastermind, which follows J.B. Mooney, played by Josh O’Connor, after he commits an art heist in 1970s Massachusetts.

President Leon Botstein’s essay, “Autocracy and the university in America today,” is free to read for one week. "In the immediate term, the greatest danger facing the American university... is the loss of independence perpetrated by a profoundly anti-intellectual government,” he writes.

As many in the Bard community are aware, a Bard College student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after appearing for a scheduled interview at the New York Asylum Office. For more information, including how you can help the detained student, please visit go.bard.edu/take-action.

As many in the Bard community are aware, a Bard College student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after appearing for a scheduled interview at the New York Asylum Office. For more information, including how you can help the detained student, please visit go.bard.edu/take-action.

Leon Botstein, president of @bardcollege.bsky.social, examines what the Trump administration could mean for the future of scientific research, education, and democracy in the United States—and calls for a renewed university and college system after the end of the Trump era. ⬇️

Finding phosphine in places that cannot sustain life “will be a critical piece of the puzzle for figuring out what business phosphine has anywhere else, including in a potentially habitable environment,” Professor Clara Sousa-Silva told the @nytimes.com.

Bard College alumni/ae Catherine Lamb MFA ’12 and Ben Richter ’08 have released a new collaborative album, interius/exterius, which was engineered by Bard music faculty Matt Sargent and mixed at Bard’s recording studio. The work is currently in first-round Grammy consideration in three categories.

The @fishercenterbard.bsky.social at Bard, one of the country’s leading multidisciplinary producing houses, partners with Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies to present a concert from Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band on November 1 in the Sosnoff Theater. Learn more and get your tickets now.

On October 23, the Stevenson Library will host a talk between Steven J. Zipperstein and President Leon Botstein on the life and ambition of the late writer Philip Roth, the subject of Zipperstein’s landmark new biography, Philip Roth: Stung By Life.

An honor and pleasure to join poet Ann Lauterbach on stage at this year's Hannah Arendt Center conference in New York. @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social @bardcollege.bsky.social

President Leon Botstein was quoted in a @nytimes.com article examining how newly implemented H-1B visa fees will strain higher education institutions. “It’s not patriotic,” Botstein said. “It harms the economy and has nothing to do with excellence.”

So special to attend "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" at Bard College. My students saw great talks that touched on lightness, beauty, gratitude, & joy by Teju Cole & others. Thanks for thoughtful moments of reflection! ✨#JoyInDarkTimes #resilience @vassar.bsky.social @bardcollege.bsky.social

Congratulations to Isabelle O’Connell, artist in residence at Bard, who has been selected as a recipient of the 2025–26 Fulbright Alumni Project Fund. O’Connell, who was a Fulbright Scholar in 1999, will use the funding to present a concert and lecture at Bard on American and Irish composers.

Bard College student Nicole Meselsohn ’26 received the Newman Civic Fellowship for 2025–26 by Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges. The Fellowship recognizes students for their leadership potential and commitment to creating positive change.

Bard VP Jonathan Becker and staff member Zarlasht Sarmast published an article reframing forcibly displaced and refugee students as important potential civic actors. “By creating civic engagement opportunities, institutions help students move from survival to contribution,” Sarmast says.

We’re looking forward to this! Friday at @bardcollege.bsky.social www.bard.edu/news/wamcs-o...

The Naming Song, the newest novel by author and Bard alumnus Jedediah Berry ’99, was awarded the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award for fiction. “I was so pleased to see my book included among a list of so many extraordinary writers’ works who I admire,” Berry said to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

Associate Professor of Russian Olga Voronina has been awarded a Houghton Library Visiting Fellowship from Harvard for the 2025-26 year. She received the Rodney G. Dennis Fellowship in the Study of Manuscripts to help her develop her project Vladimir Nabokov: Letters to Family.

We’re so excited for @wamcradio.bsky.social to broadcast live at our conference next week at @bardcollege.bsky.social! Talk about JOY! #arendtcon2025 #joyindarktimes

Next stop: Bard College! 🚐 Join Joe Donahue & WAMC for a Roundtable Live broadcast inspired by “JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times,” hosted by the Hannah Arendt Center (@hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social). More info: ow.ly/VBt550X8z5Q

The International Year of Quantum, managed in part by global coordinator and Bard Associate Professor Paul Cadden-Zimansky, was recognized by the Quantum World Congress in Washington DC. “I think everyone who is putting in time and effort to make it a reality [can] share in this award,” he said.

Maya Binyam, Bard Fiction Prize winner and writer in residence at Bard College, will read from recent work on Monday, October 6. The reading begins at 6 pm and will be held at Weis Cinema in the Bertelsmann Campus Center.

Jasmine Clarke ’18 was included in Cultured Mag’s Young Photographers List 2025 and profiled in an article called “Photographer Jasmine Clarke’s Images Make Us Question What and Who We Trust.”

Bard College is pleased to announce that Professors Craig Anderson and Swapan Jain have been awarded an R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award by the National Institute of Health. The grant of $427,016 will support their research on the synthesis and biochemical evaluation of ruthenium complexes.

Bard Artist in Residence Jeffrey Gibson’s exhibition of animal sculptures on the facade of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art was featured as a Critic’s Pick in the @Newyorktimes. His sculptures, which are of animals living inside Central Park, were made from driftwood from the Hudson Valley.

Artist in Residence Lothar Osterburg was elected by the National Academy of Design as a National Academician in the Class of 2025, recognized for his print and copperplate work alongside 27 other artists and architects.

Congratulations to Ignacio Acevedo ’25, the winner of the 2025 Beth Rickey Award from Bard’s Center for the Study of Hate. The award recognizes a member of Bard's international community who has taken action against hate through their scholarship or actions.

Apply to work at the psych program at @bardcollege.bsky.social with me! I love it here and would be happy to answer any questions you have. Review starts 10/1. www.bard.edu/humanresourc...

Bard Artist in Residence Jeffrey Gibson’s exhibition of animal sculptures on the facade of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art was featured as a Critic’s Pick in the @Newyorktimes. His sculptures, which are of animals living inside Central Park, were made from driftwood from the Hudson Valley.

Professor Omar G. Encarnación wrote about the meaning of Jair Bolsonaro’s sentencing for Time Magazine. “It will be a while before we know how Bolsonaro’s conviction will affect U.S.-Brazilian ties… Determining the trial’s impact on Brazilian democracy will take even longer.”